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Photo credit: Spectrum News Governments around the world agreed to release 400 million barrels from emergency oil reserves to ease surging global energy prices on Wednesday. Bloomberg reports that it’s the largest discharge ever made by the International Energy Agency. With that amount of oil, one could theoretically fill 25,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools of 20 NFL stadiums, fuel a…

Photo credit: Neos Kosmos Writers Angela Costi and Helena Kidd will explore migration, memory and identity at an upcoming Melbourne event reflecting on the stories passed down through Greek Cypriot families.  Neos Kosmos reports that the event is titled “What We Inherited: Cyprus, Memories & Migration.” The conversation will take place on Wednesday, April 1, at…

Photo credit: Toronto Today The first two cases of a variant of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – have been identified in Toronto and Ontario, according to Toronto Public Health (TPH). Toronto Today reports that the two new travel-related mpox cases are from the clade lb variant, compared to the llb strain, which was previously the only…

Photo credit: Jamaica Observer Cuban officials are preparing to withdraw the nation’s medical brigade from Guyana after it decided to provide full salaries to doctors and nurses from the island, rather than sending most of the funds to the Cuban government. The Gleaner reports that Cuban doctors have worked in African, South American and Caribbean…

Photo credit: Kyodo News The Japanese government on March 10 approved a Bill to amend the immigration control law to establish an online pre-entry screening system for overseas arrivals and significantly increase residence status application fees for foreigners. The Straits Times reports that the  Cabinet-endorsed Bill will be submitted to the current Diet session, and if enacted,…

Photo credit: CBC Gas may rise buu eight cents per litre in Toronto starting this Wednesday, according to an analyst. CBC News reports that the spike at the rumps comes aa gas prices have been climbing higher and higher amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, leaving many Torontonians aggravated. A resident of Toronto, Scott Low, says…

Photo credit: Aljazeera Fourteen people died after a boat carrying irregular migrants collided with a Turkish coast guard vessel off the coast of Antalya in southern Turkey early Monday, the DHA news agency reported, citing the Turkish Coast Guard Command. Turkish Minute reports that the incident occurred off Finike, a district on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, after…